Precipitation of gold in rich clarified solution with aluminum in Barrick mining

Barrick Misquichilca mining company - Pierina Unit, in the process of closure is finding optimal processes, which will improve performance at low cost and with the less environmental impact. In this context, aluminum is evaluated to replacement zinc in the Merrill Crowe process, a series of experime...

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Autor: Villavicencio, Edwar Villavicencio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/11397
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/iigeo/article/view/11397
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Precipitación con aluminio
solución barren
cianuro libre
Precipitation with aluminum
barren solution
free cyanide
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Sumario:Barrick Misquichilca mining company - Pierina Unit, in the process of closure is finding optimal processes, which will improve performance at low cost and with the less environmental impact. In this context, aluminum is evaluated to replacement zinc in the Merrill Crowe process, a series of experimental tests were conducted and it was determined that it is not necessary the presence of neither free cyanide nor vacuum pump for the reaction to occur. All information obtained was analyzed and processed, the results show consistent, representative values and reported good results. The best result was obtained at pH 11.5, an addition of aluminum powder of 0.25 g / l (55 kg for a flow of 220 m3 / h) without deaeration, with 0.023 ppm and 0.041 ppm of silver and gold grades in the Barren solution respectively.